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Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches. What he deciphers from his past with piercing clarity is not only a raw sense of land and how it shapes us but also of the ties to our mothers and fathers, to those who love us, and our inextricable connection to those who shaped our values in our search for intimacy, independence, love, and family. A powerfully...
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After twenty-five years as sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire's hopes of finishing out his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Two years earlier, Cody has been one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl. Somebody, it would seem, is seeking vengeance, and Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys and...
5) Avenger
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From the USA Today–bestselling author of The Devil's Legion, a gunfighter rides through a deadly gauntlet to help new friends and avenge old loves.
Death is not the end—sometimes it's just the beginning.
When Frank Morgan finds there's a price on his head, there's only one thing to do—kill the man who put it there—and if he avenges the death of his beloved doing so, the sweeter the
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Smoke Jensen deals with a blizzard on the trail and a bounty on his head in the New York Times bestselling Western series by "a masterful storyteller"(Publishers Weekly).
Looking for bounty
Mountain man Smoke Jensen lives by the rules of the frontier. The first rule is: The strongest survive. But when bad breaks, bad weather, and bad bovines back Smoke into a corner, he needs something to go right. Instead,...
Looking for bounty
Mountain man Smoke Jensen lives by the rules of the frontier. The first rule is: The strongest survive. But when bad breaks, bad weather, and bad bovines back Smoke into a corner, he needs something to go right. Instead,...
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USA Today bestselling author: When a vicious cattle baron crosses him, Smoke Jensen aims to take the bull by the horns . . .
Santa Clara, Colorado, is twenty-four hours by train from the land where Smoke Jensen found peace and prosperity on his Sugarloaf Ranch. But somehow, Smoke can't stay away from Santa Clara—and from an evil cattle baron hiding a murderous past.
And where there's smoke—there's justice . . .
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Santa Clara, Colorado, is twenty-four hours by train from the land where Smoke Jensen found peace and prosperity on his Sugarloaf Ranch. But somehow, Smoke can't stay away from Santa Clara—and from an evil cattle baron hiding a murderous past.
And where there's smoke—there's justice . . .
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When Laura's sister, Carissa, marries her Confederate beau, Laura finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers. Though in her heart she feels she should share this information with Union officer-and-romantic interest Brandon Reid, Laura fears she will betray her sister's trust and possibly endanger her sister's life.
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In his latest Byrnes family novel, Dusty Richards tells of the blood that was spilled trying to make Arizona Territory a good place to live. Building a ranching empire is one thing, keeping it out of the hands of the no good opportunists crawling through the Arizona desert is a daily grind for Chet Byrnes. But nothing will stop Chet from bringing his ranch into a bold new era.
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When the Missouri farm boy named Jensen came west, he started fighting, surviving and learning every brutal step of the way. He learned from a mountain man named Preacher, he learned from Indians and from outlaws. And he learned that nothing burns the souls of men faster than the lure of glimmering gold. Smoke Jensen has learned that in a vast, savage land, you don't back down, don't give up and don't stop shooting until the last bad man goes to his...
12) Twelve dead men
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"Ace and Chance Jensen serve on a jury that convicts a killer. The brother of the hanged killer comes to town with plans to slaughter the jurors one by one, but the Jensen boys don't plan to let him succeed"--
13) Valley of bones
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"A landmark feat of innovation is about to change the American West. A new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to rest of the country--a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But stretching four hundred miles of electric cable from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, can be a deadly task, and Chet has to deal with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Then a pair of outlaws from...
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"When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, he storms in with guns blazing, killing one of the gunmen. The dead man is the brother of the notorious outlaw Gabe Briggs and Briggs will want revenge. Tired of the savagery of the lawless countryside, Smoke's wife Sally heads back east for a spell, only to find the big city choking in filth, violence and corruption. Before Sally can head back home, though, she's snatched right off...
15) Blood at Sundown
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Bounty hunter Lou Prophet and Louisa, the dangerous woman he loves, pursue the Griff Hatchley Gang across the Dakota Territory and catch up with them as a blizzard hits, forcing them to split up in order to pursue their prey.
16) Preacher's rage
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"For the greatest trapper in the country, there's no place like the Rocky Mountains. Preacher and his son Hawk are riding the High Lonesome when the clear mountain air is split by a girl's savage screams. A gang of ruthless trappers has kidnapped a Crow woman, but before they escape with her, Preacher and Hawk burst out of the tree line, guns spitting fire. They drive the trappers off, only to find that she's not Crow, but white. Caroline has been...
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"When those Jensen boys agree to lead a wagon of five mail-order brides across Texas, they're just asking for trouble. Pursued by a crazy ex-husband, an outlaw boyfriend, a creepy, woman-hungry clan of backwoodsmen, and a fierce, deadly band of Comanche kidnappers, it is one hard journey that could get them all killed"--
19) The Mustangers
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"One of the last of the great American cowboys, Ben Smith is a three-time rodeo champion with one last chance to take a stand. Injured in a rodeo fall, he heads home at the age of forty to the Little Brawny Ranch, where he befriends the son of the owner. Ben agrees to show little Jimmy the ropes: the rigors of ranching, the rewards of hard work, and the awe-inspiring beauty of the wild mustang herds running free. But when they learn the horses are...
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"On the lawless frontiers of the American West, there is one rule every outlaw should remember: Never cross a mountain man like Matt Jensen. Not if you want to keep breathing ... No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That's the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to--dazed and confused--until he slowly pieces together what happened. The...